Lin Qi had to reply: "Our westward expansion plan has encountered a lot of obstacles. ”

"Oh, what the hell is holding you back?" asked Ning Qi.

"It's not the same as the old three, demon beasts, demon cultivators and scattered cultivators. To tell you the truth, Elder Cui Yu of the Xuandao Sect is still in Dingxin City, guarding against the beast tide. ”

Ning Qi bowed his head and muttered: "According to what I pointed out, Dingxin City is the first demonstration town established by the order of my father 20 years ago, marking the first step of our Daning Kingdom to expand its territory in the west. Now, we should have ruled beyond that. ”

"Alas, don't mention it, Your Highness, you just came here and didn't know that it would be very good if we could keep this one-third of an acre of land, and what kind of expansion are we talking about? Let me tell you the truth, just half a year ago, our newly built Xihai City under the Genxi Mountains was broken by the demon army, and the entire 300,000 people were reduced to the food of the demon beasts, and our army also lost 5,000 soldiers, including more than 30 centurions and two partial generals. (According to the establishment of the Daning Kingdom, the centurion must have the cultivation of the Martial King, and the partial cultivation of the general is generally between the initial and intermediate levels of the Martial Emperor.) ）

"What! Why didn't you report such a big thing earlier?"

"Your Highness, this western border is far from the royal capital, and communication is not smooth, and the harrier eagles I have released are probably dead on the way, but you can rest assured that I have ordered the defense to be reduced, and the army will be concentrated in a few large towns and cities for defense, and those small settlements will be abandoned. As early as half a year ago, the beast tide had been repelled by us, and after the crisis was resolved, they did not offend on a large scale. ”

"You bring me the map, I want to see which cities our army is defending now. ”

"Obey!" Lin Qi spread out a large map, and everyone came up to watch.

The prince asked, "You have marked all the areas we currently control." ”

"These red dots on the map are where we are currently defending. ”

Ning Qi took a closer look and found that Lin Qi had concentrated his army in those few large river basins, and abandoned many large cities and towns, and even some important strategic points, so he couldn't help but say angrily: "General Lin, how did you command, why is our territory getting smaller and smaller?

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, our sergeants are seriously insufficient, at the beginning, His Majesty only gave me 200,000 troops, plus only 50,000 masters of various sects, which is not enough to protect such a large territory, and this Linyuan City was also captured by the Youguo army when our army was scattered. Having learned the lesson of this incident, I thought that instead of scattering my troops, it would be better to concentrate on defense, and in the past six months, I have worked diligently and diligently, and there has really been no major war in the west. ”

"Hmph, there are not enough soldiers, General Lin doesn't have to worry about this, what I bring now is an army of 400,000, I will attack in an all-out way, and completely defeat all the demon beasts and the army of the hidden country!"

"Your Highness, you have to think twice about this-"

"Okay, General Lin, don't say more, let's think about how to bear the anger of your father! Linyuan City is the throat of Yuanchi, and my father has repeatedly told you not to lose it, but you have lost it!"

"Your Highness, you want to help the last general!" Lin Qi knelt on the ground in fright.

"But General Lin, you can be relieved, I will be able to regain the lost territory immediately, and when the time comes, your guilt will be lighter. ”

"Then do you want me to lead my troops to assist Your Highness?"

"That's not necessary, even if I agree, can Elder Wu and Elder Cui of the Xuandao Sect agree? Don't forget, your army contains many sect masters. ”

Wu Zhihe was on the side, and he was silent, it was true, Elder Cui was an equal to him in the sect, and he could not replace the opinions of Elder Cui and other fellow disciples.

"Your Highness, the last general is blunt!"

"Lin Qi, you take your subordinates to quickly notify the defenders in various places, immediately do a good job of changing guards, and then collect your men and horses, and quickly return to the court. ”

"Obey!" After Lin Qi received the order, he took a group of cronies to retreat and go to convey the order of His Royal Highness the Prince. And Ning Qi, Wu Zhihe and other high-ranking officials stayed in the city lord's mansion to deploy defense matters.

Ning Qi looked at the map in detail, and then explained his plan and inventory.

Wu Zhihe frowned after hearing this, and put forward his own opinion: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, will your plan be too rash, and you will concentrate 350,000 people to attack Linyuan City at once, and only leave 50,000 people to defend it, so that if you can't take the city immediately, and a beast tide breaks out in the rear, our army will fall into an embarrassing situation where you can't take care of each other, it is better to stand firm first and then slowly figure it out." ”

Ning Qi smiled confidently, but replied: "Elder Wu, maybe you are much stronger than me in terms of cultivation and strength, but in terms of arranging troops, I am better than you, and the art of war is cloudy: 'The general knows the opportunity, and the soldiers are fast', now that we are here, Youguo is not fully prepared, at this time, we launched an attack with all our strength, like a flood bursting the embankment, it is overwhelming, and we are attacking them by surprise." As for the rear, it has been safe and sound for a long time under Lin Qi's management. I expect that the chances of the monster beast attacking during this time are very low. If we miss the current great opportunity, when we get to the opposite side and find out our formation, and have preparations, it will be difficult to take Linyuan City again!"

"But-" Wu Zhihe stopped talking, he still had some doubts in his heart, but after all, he didn't know much about how to use soldiers, so he couldn't talk about it.

"Well, do you have any objections? ”

None of the generals spoke.

"That's it, let's make a specific deployment. ”

......

A day later, Zhan Chen's team received an order to defend the vast area around Huangshi Town, first, Zhan Chen and Wang Wei's cultivation was not high, and second, Ning Qi still preferred to believe in his Daning army, so they were not selected to participate in the main force to attack Linyuan City.

Zhan Chen immediately gathered his team to discuss the matter. When they opened the map, everyone had the urge to scold their mother, it turned out that this Yellowstone Town was built between the Ganxi Mountains and the desert, they had just crossed the desert to come here, and now they had to return to the scorching desert, which no one would want.

And this town is not small, with a population of nearly 30,000, and it is unrealistic to rely on more than 200 of them to defend it.

However, as the so-called military orders are like mountains, Zhan Chen and Wang Wei also had to obey the decision of the superiors and set off with the orders and the team. After nearly three days of traveling north along the edge of the mountain range, they arrived at their destination in the morning.

Looking up, you can see that there is a small town sandwiched between the green mountains and the desert, and that is Yellowstone Town. Behind it is a tall and majestic mountain, and the snow that flows down from the mountain converges into a clear river in front of the town, nourishing the town and making its surroundings full of life.

Less than a kilometer away from the town is the scorching desert, which smells of death.

When Zhan Chen and the others approached the town, they found that it was heavily defended, and there were many repulsive horses made of sharp wood everywhere outside the town, layer upon layer, leaving only a narrow passage to enter the town.

In addition, four tall towers were built around the town to observe the enemy situation in all directions.

Seeing this, Zhan Chen's heart couldn't help but sink: "This town must be under threat, and I'm afraid there are more than one time, it seems that this time, we have won the 'big prize'!"

As soon as they approached, they were spotted by the sentries on the tower and immediately sounded the alarm.

After a while, a group of people rushed out of the town, all dressed in the costumes of the Xuandao Sect.

The leader of the defenders in the town is a burly man with a beard, he is obviously very happy to see Zhan Chen's team, and laughs and says: "First of all, let me introduce myself, my name is Pei Shan, we finally hope for reinforcements!

Zhan Chen smiled slightly and replied: "My name is Zhan Chen, I am the captain of our team, and the one next to me is called Wang Wei, who is the deputy captain, and we are here to take over your defense of Huangshi Town." ”

"Replace us?" Pei Shan suddenly woke up and muttered, "It's been twenty years unconsciously." ”

"Yes, Elder Pei, we were ordered to change our guards. ”

"Great! We can finally go back!" Pei Shan's men couldn't help cheering, and everyone had a relieved expression on their faces.

Pei Shan looked at Zhan Chen and the others carefully, and said in astonishment: "Zhan Chen, are you all about it?"

Zhan Chen nodded and replied, "Yes, what's wrong?"

"No, it must be a mistake, you only have more than 200 people who can't hold this place at all, our team originally had 5,000 people, 5 martial emperor-level masters, and two martial emperors have been killed in 20 years, more than 2,000 soldiers, just with your manpower, I'm afraid a round of beast tide can't hold on!"

"However, this is the truth, His Highness Ning Qi asked us to come here. ”

"It's ridiculous, it's the most abusive area for sand ants. The new commander doesn't know anything about the situation!"

"As far as I know, haven't there been no beast tides in the past six months?"

"Yes, but if there is another beast tide, you people will be in danger!"

Listening to Pei Shan's words, Zhan Chen's group became even heavier.

Pei Shan sighed and said, "Brothers, since the order has been issued, then you and I have no way to disobey." It's a shame that we also want to get out of this hellish place. I'll leave it to you here. Come with me later, and I'll give you a detailed explanation of the town's fortifications. ”

Zhan Chen nodded, and then led his men to follow Pei Shan into Huangshi Town. At this moment, they did not know that a great conspiracy was brewing in the Genxi Mountains behind them.